Ph.D. in theoretical solid state physics, University of Basel, Switzerland.
Title of thesis: “Amorphicity as Spatial Chaos “ (in German).

1995

Habilitation thesis at the Environmental Sciences Department of the Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland.
Title: “Concepts Underlying a Computer Program for the Identification and Simulation of Aquatic Systems”.

2002

Adjunct Professor at the Department of Environmental Sciences of the Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland.

Professional Experience ⇓

1981 - 1985

Research and teaching assistant in theoretical physics at the University of Basel,
Switzerland, and Ph.D. dissertation on the application of the theory of chaotic systems to improve the
understanding of amporphous solids.

Since 1985

Research scientist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science
and Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland:

1985 – 1993

Research associate at the department of computer and systems sciences.

1994 – 1999

Member of the management committee of the department of Computer and Systems
Sciences (1997-1999 department head).

1999/2000

Sabbatical at the Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon
University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Teaching at the Department of Environmental Systems Sciences of the Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zürich, Switzerland
(1991-1995 as lecturer, 1995-2002 as “Privatdozent”, since 2002 as adjunct professor).

Systems Analysis Methodology
Development of techniques for statistical inference of model states and parameters
that account for the need of using prior information and of considering input and model structure uncertainty and intrinsic stochasticity.

Biogeochemical and Ecological Modelling
Development and application of hydrological, biogeochemical and ecological models of river and lake systems
to quantitatively describe scientific knowledge and predict effects of changes in driving forces and of management measures.

Reichert P.
Design techniques of a computer program for the identification of processes and the simulation of water quality in aquatic systems.
Environmental Software 10(3), 199-210, 1995.
doi:10.1016/0266-9838(95)00010-I